What it’s like interviewing Messi! Plus, Atlanta United’s big win & Christian Pulisic drama | MLS Update
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🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Taylor, Joe, and Jeff are joined by MLS Season Pass’ Michele Giannone to talk all things MLS (and a bit of USMNT). We chat about what was it like for Michele to interview Lionel Messi last week, Atlanta United’s big win over FC Cincinnati on Sunday, St. Louis City’s struggles, the San Jose Earthquakes’ turnaround, and a pair of big games coming up this weekend for the Vancouver Whitecaps and LAFC. Then we close with a look at the USMNT’s latest roster — ahead of a lengthy episode reviewing Poch’s whole squad tomorrow.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, and welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:24.4 | My name is Taylor Rockwell, and I am very excited because we have a packed crew today to talk to major league soccer. |
| 0:30.9 | Joining me, as always, is not Lino Messy's best friend, Joe Lowry. |
| 0:34.4 | Hello, Joe. |
| 0:35.3 | Hey, we just haven't, you know, bonded yet. |
| 0:37.0 | It's coming. |
| 0:37.5 | The moment's coming. |
| 0:38.4 | I'm going to get one of those Budweiser bottles that he mailed to every goalkeeper he's |
| 0:42.3 | ever scored on, and that's going to be our connection moment. |
| 0:45.2 | What? |
| 0:46.1 | You didn't hear about it? |
| 0:46.8 | I think it was Budweiser, right? |
| 0:48.4 | It was this promotion that some messy partner ran where he shipped, they shipped, the company shipped, a bottle of whatever |
| 0:56.0 | it was to every goalkeeper he'd ever scored on. And it was the number of goals that Messi had |
| 1:00.3 | scored on you. So some goalkeepers got like, you know, 30 bottles of whatever it was. If memory |
| 1:04.8 | serves, that was the promotion, which is very clever. Anyway, we'll get there. We'll get there someday. |
| 1:09.3 | Joe, do you think Messi, like sponsorship requirements aside, has he had more Budweiser or more Lays |
| 1:16.4 | potato chips in his life? I'm going to say more Lays potatoeships, but it's got to be close. It might |
| 1:22.5 | be like a one to zero situation here, Taylor. All right. A man who has eaten more Lays |
| 1:26.8 | potato chips than Lidl Messi and is also not Lino Mess Messi's best friend. It's Jeff Ruder. Hello, Jeff. Both are true. |
| 1:32.6 | Yeah. Do you agree with Joe? More laced potato chips than Budweiser for a messy? Yeah. I'm trying |
| 1:38.3 | to even think, do you break it down like chip to ounce of beer? And I think we're still at more Lays potato chips because they actually make him |
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